Michel Foucault and Theology: The Politics of Religious Experience

Type

Book

Authors

Carrette, Jeremy

Bernauer, James

ISBN 10

0754633535

ISBN 13

9780754633549

LCCN

2002038458

DDC

230.092

OCLC

607058296

Tags

Religion, Philosophy, Postmodern theology, Postmodernism, Foucault, michel, 1926-1984, Philosophie, Théologie postmoderne, Théologie, Fundamentele theologie, Postmodernisme

Description

"Michel Foucault and Theology brings together a selection of essays by leading Foucault scholars on a variety of themes within the history, thought and practice of theology. Revealing the diverse ways that the work of Michel Foucault (1926-1984) has been employed to rethink theology in terms of power, discourse, sexuality and the politics of knowledge, the authors examine power and sexuality in the church in late antiquity (Castelli, Clark, Schuld), raise questions about the relationship between theology and politics (Bernauer, Leezenberg, Caputo), consider new challenges to the nature of theological knowledge in terms of Foucault's critical project (Flynn, Cutrofello, Beadoin, Pinto) and rethink theology in terms of Foucault's work on the history of sexuality (Carrette, Jordan, Mahon). This book demonstrates, for the first time, the influence and growing importance of Foucault's work for contemporary theology."--Jacket.

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